The Police Chase
Consider the insane practice of a police risking human lives and personal property chasing a stolen car can be mind boggling. Which one is insanity stricken; the chased or the chaser? In most cases society loose and the impact on lives and property damage can be devastating. To put a human life in jeopardy for such foolish reasons as running a red light, the driver will not follow the officer command to pull over and many other transgression of civil law appear to be cruel and unusual punishment by law enforcement. It was sad to watch the tragedy unfold. The next day news reported that this chase started with a stolen car in Illinois that was chased over thirty miles into Indiana and crashed in Gary Indiana. During the process of trying to remove the chased victims the front roofing over-hang fell causing more injuries to the trapped victims. The two occupants were two young teens who had stolen a car and probably just taking a joy ride. Canon 10D, 1/125 sec, f/8.0, ISA 100, 52.0mm, No Flash, Circa 2004.
4 responses
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Richard Bruns said (26 Feb 2008):
Good, solid photojournalism. You've made some good points in your commentary, and by and large I certainly agree with you. On the other hand, as food for thought, life is about choices. We as a society have invested police with this authority. These young people, foolishly, made the choice to steal; made the choice to flee -- made these choices knowing that police will pursue. Which chases should the leave off? The stolen cars with murderers in them? The stolen cars by joy-riding teens? How do they know? It is not an easy question, nor are there any easy answers. As a fan of "Cops" I marvel that any of the people flee, yet they do, sometimes to avoid receiving a ticket or spending a night in jail for unpaid parking tickets. With the ability to make choices comes the hoped for ability to respond with responsibility. And the kids weren't violating civil law; they were violating criminal law.
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Adrian Rodriguez gave props (26 Feb 2008):
Taken into different direction...I love it.........Got My Vote
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Richard Bruns said (26 Feb 2008):
Oh yeah. I forgot to mention - my vote, too.
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Allan Meek gave props (13 Apr 2008):
Thanks for this shot Albert this is amazing. You got the picture spot on. I both agree and disagree with you. When you see pictures of this type of incident that you wonder why the police did not just use the spikes they throw across the road. Poor girl(if she was one of the innocent victims of this. If she had stolen the car well Tough Shit). Great photo once again Albert.
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